NOVATION MiniNova

All the power of UltraNova in a simple and compact mini-keys synth. Search for sounds as you perform, add five effects to 18 voices and use straightforward controls to delicately tweak or totally warp any sound in an instant. MiniNova has 256 killer sounds onboard, but you can add 128 more and even use VocalTune™ to make your own voice into an instrument.

MiniNova is a compact, super-cool studio and live synth with the same sound engine as its big brother; UltraNova. It comes with 256 incredible onboard sounds that you can tweak with five knobs, or totally warp with eight 'animate' buttons. It has up to 18 voices with as many as five synth effects on each sound. MiniNova also has an onboard VocalTune™ effect as well as a classic vocoder so you can recreate iconic vocal sounds from hip hop, urban and electronic music.

Small synth, big sounds

Don't let its size fool you. MiniNova is the latest in the 'nova' range of synths dating back to the legendary Supernova series. It has the same incredibly powerful sound engine and synth effects as the Novation UltraNova which means it is capable of creating dirty-fat bass synth sounds, soaring leads, lush pads and vintage synth sounds. All this in a 37 mini-key form with a USB port and MIDI i/o so you can hook it up to your laptop and control your music software or connect it to another keyboard or sound module.

Classic & brand-new vocal effects

MiniNova takes vocal effects one-step further. As well as a vocoder, it has VocalTune. This means you can talk into the mic and play the tune you want your voice to follow on the keyboard recreating those classic hip hop / urban vocal effects. You can also run your voice through MiniNova's effects engine, adding reverb, distortion, chorus/phase, gator compression or EQ. This doesn't need to be limited to your voice; there is an input into which you can plug a guitar or any other instrument and give it the same treatment; effects or vocoder.

The 'Animate' performance mode

Switch to 'Animate' mode and press one of the 8 backlit buttons (whilst playing the keyboard) to trigger awesome performance functions

Jam with the Arpeggiator

Switch to 'Arpeggiator' mode to jam with arpeggiator rhythms in realtime. The 8 buttons act like an arpeggiator step sequencer so you can switch steps in and out!

Editing software included

Editing sounds in such a powerful synth can be overwhelming, so we've created a software application that gives you visual access to the synth engine. The MiniNova Editor works as a plug-in within your DAW or music software. You can fully edit MiniNova using the hardware; the software just makes it easier to see what you are doing.

The Synth Engine and effects

MiniNova has an enormously powerful sound engine and synth effects, unheard of in a micro synth. There are 14 conventional waveforms to choose from (square, sine, sawtooth, pulse, triangle and combinations), 36 wavetables and 20 digital waveforms. Each of the 3 oscillators (per voice) have density/detune for fattening up sounds, virtual sync and 'hardness' - which acts as an additional lowpass filter. There are 14 filter types (and you can run 2 simultaneously), 6 envelope generators, 3 LFOs and 20 modulation slots where you can link modules of the synth engine together to shape sound. MiniNova can add up to 5 effects to each sound including distortion, reverb, chorus/phase, delay, compressor, EQ and Novation's unique gator effect.

Instant editing and performance control

The 'Perform' section enables you to access the synth and effects engines by switching between 6 positions to assign 4 knobs, giving you instant access to 24 sound-bending parameters.

Specifications

In the Box

USB cable

Power supply

User Guide

Goosneck Microphone

Included Software

MiniNova Software Editor

MiniNova Patch Librarian

Ableton Live Lite

Novation Bass Station softsynth

Loopmasters sample pack (1GB)

Synth engine

Up to 18 note polyphony (dynamic voicing)

Mono-Timbral

Per patch

3x oscillators

1x noise generator

2x ring modulators

Waveforms include:

Square, sine, tri, sawtooth, pulse, 9x saw:pulse combinations.

20x digital waveforms

36x wavetables

Filter types

2x filters per patch

low pass no resonance 6dB per octave

low pass 12dB

low pass 18dB

low pass 24dB

band pass 6:6

band pass 6:12

band pass 12:6

band pass 6:18

band pass 18:6

band pass 12:12

high pass no resonance 6dB per octave

high pass 12dB

high pass 18dB

high pass 24dB

Modulation sources:

20 modulation slots per patch

6x envelope generators

3x LFOs

Aftertouch

Velocity

Key scaling/track

Mod wheel

Expression pedal

Total of 66 Destinations including:

Oscillator pitch, pulse width, wavetable index, level and sync

Filter cutoff, resonance, envelope settings

Effects parameters and send levels

Recursive modulation (modulating modulation sources themselves)

5 effects slots per patch

Distortion – up to 2 instances

Compressor – up to 2 instances

Chorus/Phase – up to 4 instances

Delay – up to 2 instances

Reverb – up to 2 instances

Gator

EQ

Misc

VocalTune

12 band vocoder

Arpeggiator – 33 patterns

Realtime Arp rhythm editing function

Chord function – lock up to 10 notes

Patch storage - up to 384 on hardware (ships with 256 factory patches)

Type & Size

Type:

In Ear

Driver Size:

9mm

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